17th Machine Gun Company
Killed In Action
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James Alexander Kay (SN 465) was born at Learmonth and attended the Burrumbeet State School. He was 23 years old, single, and a farmer when he enlisted on September 23rd 1916. He joined the 6th Machine Gun Company and was appointed Lance Corporal during training. He sailed from Australia a month later on board the Ulysses, bound for the Western Front. He was transferred to the 24th Machine Gun Company before being posted to France at the end of August 1917. He was killed in action near Zonnebeke, Belgium on September 29th 1917 and is buried in the Oxford Road Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium.
